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VFX Breakdowns

All the ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ VFX breakdowns in one place

Including work by Rodeo FX, MR. X, DNEG, Folks, Alchemy24, Digital Domain.
On The Set Pic

On The Set Pic: ‘One Piece’

Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy on the set of 'One Piece.'
Podcasts

A deep dive into Wētā FX’s visual effects for ‘A Minecraft Movie’

Including everything you need to know about Malgosha.
Podcasts

The making of ‘F1’, at VFX Notes

Our 2026 VFX Oscars nominees season is here!
Podcasts

ILM’s Janet Lewin reflects on more than three decades with the studio

Her early VFX producer roles including Pearl Harbor and Hulk, the development of StageCraft, and more.
VFX Breakdowns

EXCLUSIVE: Imageworks breakdown videos from ‘In Your Dreams’

Check out this behind the scenes look at Nightmara, and a VFX breakdown.
Articles

Roland Emmerich is coming to FMX

And he'll be sitting down on stage with befores & afters to celebrate the 30th anniversary of 'Independence Day'!
Podcasts

The creatures of ‘Keeper’

A fascinating story about extending and augmenting and enhancing practical creatures on the film.
VFX Breakdowns

ILM’s VFX breakdown for ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ is here

The VFX Oscar nominated work is presented in this reel narrated by VFX supervisor David Vickery.
Magazine

The thing about Thing 

How on-set performance and CG were mixed together for season 2 of 'Wednesday'. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine.
Articles

All ‘The Lost Bus’ visual effects breakdowns in one place

Videos from ILM, beloFX, Cinesite, RISE FX and Outpost VFX.
Magazine·Main Mag

How Thing, Slurp, Professor Orloff and a host of creatures and effects were made for ‘Wednesday’ season 2

A new 106-page issue of befores & afters magazine.
Articles

See the full list of VES Awards winners right here

Avatar: Fire and Ash won seven awards and KPop Demon Hunters won three. See all the award winners below.
VFX Breakdowns

Don’t miss this ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ behind the scenes video

This Gnomon session featured production designer Helen Chen, animation director Joshua Beveridge, and art director Wendell Dalit.
Podcasts

Our new ILM podcast series starts with Dennis Muren!

The legendary VFX supe on speeder bike chase in ROTJ, stained glass knight in Young Sherlock Holmes, & how ILM conquered digital comp'ing.
VFX Breakdowns

Watch The Yard’s VFX breakdown for ‘Stranger Things’ 5

Check out the CG environments, set extensions and other VFX crafted by the studio.
Articles

From virtual production to final VFX: how ‘Mercy’ was made

Go behind the scenes with DNEG. Timur Bekmambetov’s Mercy, starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson, sees Pratt’s detective character need to prove his innocence
Articles

How Wētā FX made young Will, Vecna 2.0, the Mind Flayer and some badass Demogorgons in ‘Stranger Things 5’

A look at photoreal CG faces, AI re-lighting, BBQ steak reference, optical flow and iPad AR tools and a sneaky Texas Switch you may
Podcasts

The final Rise of AI Robots ep is here!

Looking back at 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' at VFX Notes.
Articles

Sci-Tech honorees include rendering developments, artistic looks in animation and more

See the full list here.
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About b&a

befores & afters is an online, podcast and print publication dedicated to VFX, animation, CG, games and virtual production run by longtime industry journalist Ian Failes.
"beforesandafters.com is the website about visual effects I have always dreamed of, talking about the new tour-de-force and looking back at the past chef-d’œuvre.” - Visual effects supervisor Stephane Ceretti

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